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From the High Desert

A cultural history of Art Bell and the world he broadcast into being.

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Ramona Bell

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Ramona Bell was Art Bell's third wife and an occasional on-air presence during the height of the program's popularity, sharing her personal perspectives on various topics discussed on the show. As a familiar voice to the late-night radio audience, she provided a unique behind-the-scenes window into the life and world of the broadcast's legendary host.

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September 25, 1997: Life of Learning Foundation - Guy Finley | Travel Tips - Ramona Bell

Sep 25, 1997

3h 3m

Art Bell speaks with bestselling author Guy Finley about what Finley calls the "intimate enemy," the internal psychological nature that keeps people trapped in cycles of reactive behavior. Finley, raised in a Hollywood show business family, describes how witnessing unhappiness among the wealthy and famous launched h...

December 24, 1997: Open Lines - Ramona Bell

Dec 24, 1997

15m

Art Bell hands the microphone to his wife Ramona Bell for a special Christmas Eve broadcast. Ramona opens the show by reading a listener-submitted parody of Twas the Night Before Christmas, rewritten as a tribute to Art and the Kingdom of Nye, complete with references to the show's cats, the webcam, and the quickeni...

March 21, 1999: Witchcraft - Ramona Bell interviews Dr. Evelyn Paglini

Mar 21, 1999

43m

Ramona Bell hosts alongside Dr. Evelyn Paglini, a practitioner from a thousand-year lineage of magic, for a special Dreamland episode dedicated to the practical traditions of witchcraft. Paglini describes methods of spiritual protection, including environmental cleansing with sage, sulfur, and sea salt, as well as t...